Naughty Dog Reveals The Last of Us at 2011 VGAs

Videos have been flying around all week about a new PS3 exclusive called The Last of Us. It was revealed at this year’s VGAs and we’re very excited to confirm that The Last of Us is developed by Naughty Dog Inc, the creators behind the UNCHARTED, Jak and Daxter, and Crash Bandicoot series. Neil Druckmann, Creative director and Bruce Straley, Game Director chime in below to divulge what The Last of Us is all about.

The Last of Us is a genre-defining experience that blends survival and action elements to tell a character driven tale about a modern plague decimating mankind. Nature encroaches upon civilization, forcing remaining survivors to kill for food, weapons and whatever they can find. Joel, a ruthless survivor, and Ellie, a brave young teenage girl who is wise beyond her years, must work together to survive their journey across what remains of the United States.

We hope this teaser trailer has whet your appetite. We’re excited we can finally begin to peel back the curtain on The Last of Us and discuss how we’ve been working as a two team studio. For further information about The Last of Us, the PlayStation.Blog will be the first place to hear about this exciting new title from some of the industry’s most talented game designers.

I’m sorry, but i have no interest in yet ANOTHER survival horror game. If Naughty Dog is going to be busy with uncharted 4, helping with Uncharted vita, and now the last of us, who’s going to develop Jak 4? And don’t say it’s a rumor; literally every other collection has been followed by a ps3 or psp continuation of the series.

WOW, Naughty Dog stays busy. Other developers should be ashamed of themselves. ND manages to pump out 3 back to back stunning and enjoyable games and is already in the thick of it with a new IP while other developers cant even deliver on promises and workable features or gameplay.

Interesting concept, I hope Naughty Dog go back to the open world roots they established with Jak 3 (phenomenal game). I loved Uncharted 3 but some of the game-play mechanics that required trial and error were tedious and hurt the game. I would love to see them take some inspiration from S.T.A.L.K.E.R. for this game.

so we can finally say that VALVE are dead
that garbage looking game L4D 1 and 2 got 8/9 from many sites
I am sure LOU will score 99 at meta

@permafry ….we are very much interested to see a survival horror game since UC1 had awesome moments
that gave the vibe of that genre. With LOU it is game over for CAPCOM/VALVE and numerous other developers
who have gotten away with crap games like L4D/resident evil…games with no story/substance or anything. It is
ND who will show the world that the genre can be revamped

Valve is one of the best companies in business. I really wouldn’t compare the Left 4 Dead series with this, L4D was a 4 or 8 player co-op game (the best I have played). This looks like a single player take on the genre.

@landmine
VALVE are dead just like JOHN CARMACK.
ever played there garbage game L4D — a game which looks even worse than PS1 games???
L4D had no co-op since a game with 2k poly charcters can have 200 people on screen too. No VALVE game has any story or anything
LOU will outsell and outscore all VALVE games ever released